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Welcome & Contents
ContentsJuly – August 2014 Issue Number 26
These Summer months in Brackleyare always busy and this yearis no exception. As always wecan celebrate at the Beer Festivaland the Music Festival, but thisyear brings us The BrackleyFringe, for us to gather togetheras a community to celebrate andpromote the arts... including,music, comedy, dance, drama,arts and crafts, poetry, writingand story-telling… Lots going onto help you entertain the childrenduring the Summer holidays!
In this issue, we welcome backour Sudoku competition whichhas been kindly sponsored byThe Greyhound Inn with a £25meal voucher. See page 40.
A nd here comes theSummer! Finally, weare able to enjoy thelighter nights and
the bbq’s with the family at theweekends. The sound of childrenplaying and splashing about intheir paddling pools is a soundI will never tire of hearing.
BackBrackleyGet behind the new campaign to supportlocal businesses in town, see pages 20 & 21
Brackley MusicFestival is hereFor event details turn to theDiary of Events on page 18
Finally, if you have a businessI would like to bring yourattention to BackBrackley.It’s for linking local businesswith customers using data drivenloyalty and rewards with targetedpromotions and events. Readmore about it on page 20.
Well I guess that’s it from me…enjoy the Summer everyone!
15 Health, Beauty & Fitness
06 Entertainment & Leisure
09 Pets
17 Computers
10 Services
19 Home Services
21 Homes
28 Tradespeople
35 Windows & Conservatories
38 Gardens
45 Motors
18 Diary of Events
BackBrackleyBackBrackley
A meal voucher worth£25 at The Greyhound
Inn, Brackleywith the return of our sudoku puzzle,
turn to page 40 to see how to enter!
enjoy the Summer everyone!
The deadline foradvertising in your next
issue of Focus Brackleyis the 8th August
A meal voucher worth £25 at The Greyhound
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BRACKLEY FRINGE FESTIVALis nearly here! August 1st-3rd 2014In the meantime we are running a number of events to raiseawareness and funds, please support as much as you can,
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Grand Prix Circus is on its wayLove it or loathe it, the 2014 Formula 1 Santander
British Grand Prix comes to town during 4-6 Julyand is still the only place in the UK to see F1.
3 July sees the Kaiser Chiefs in concert at the circuit,the first time in the British Grand Prix’s history that alive performance has taken place.With local boys, Mercedes Petronas, well ahead in theConstructor Standings*, Force India and Ferrari havea lot of catching up to do. But with Milton Keynesbased Red Bull taking 40 points from the Canada GP,we are in for an exciting climax.Lewis Hamilton had won 4 on the trot going intoMonaco in May, but with 2 retirements in 7 races, hetrails his team mate Nico Rosberg* with only 1 morerace prior to Silverstone (Austrian GrandPrix), did he peak too early?Also with fellow British compatriot JensonButton wanting to get his season back ontrack with a bang at Silverstone, we are infor a thrilling race.
F1 has to contend with the biggest set of regulationchanges in its history for the 2014 season. The10 man technical team has to ensure every carcomplies, ensuring a level playing field. From tyres(Approx £3,000 for a set of 4), to fuel, to the new 8speed V6 1.6 litre engine, everything is scrutinisedand a report submitted on each car, before the finalentry list is published. *At the time of writing.
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Friday 25th July (7.30pm-10.00pm)Lest We ForgetSt. Johns ChapelAn Evening of reflection and Remembrance forAn Evening of reflection and Remembrance forthose who gave their lives in the Great War.Tickets: £5.00 to include refreshments and charity donation.
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Sunday 24th August (All day)Suffolk Horse Open DayNorthants Rare Breeds Club, GateridgeFarm, Croughton NN13 5GR.For more details contact Carrie 01327 857195or email: [email protected].
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Brackley Music FestivalSummer music festival takes place across Brackley.
Check out the website atwww.brackleymusicfestival.co.uk
for the events happening near you.
Friday 4th July (7.30pm-11.00pm)
Blind Wine Tasting at Clayson'sClayson's Wine Bar, Market House Courtyard, Brackley.
Tickets available in bar or via website £10 per
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Friday 11th July (6.00pm-9.00pm)
Poetry EveningThe Green Room, Bridge Street Brackley.
Doors open from 6pm.
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Greek Night at Clayson’sClayson's Café, Wine Bar and Bistro,
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Saturday 12th July (11.00am)
St Peters Family Fun DaySt Peters Church Brackley.
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Thursday17th and Friday 18th July (7.30pm)
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Josh is rightly proud too of comments he receives backfrom satisfied customers, a selection of which he has puton his website www.cloudy2clear.co.uk. For example,he recently completed an installation at Mr Miners housein Launton. Here’s what he had to say. ‘I have to saythat I thought the service Cloudy2Clear offer comparedto having completely new windows absolutely incrediblevalue. The service was reliable, simple and withoutcomplication. The windows look absolutely brilliantand installation was incredibly quick. Thank you!’
High praise indeed! So, if your windows aresteamed up, broken or damaged give Josh acall for a free quotation on 0800 61 21 118and he’ll be more than happy to help!
•Josh Florey.The Oxfordshire based window repair company,are revolutionising how homeowners viewdouble glazing in our area. The company which
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Managing Director Josh Florey is more than happyto explain the process. ‘Our product is simple. If yourdouble glazing is misted up we can replace the glassat a fraction of the cost of a new window, in anytype of frame and with a new 10 year guarantee.I find people are amazed at just how simple theprocess is and the speed with which we can replacethe glass. This isn’t like when you have new framesput in with people levering out the old ones withloads of mess. We can pop the old glass out anddeliver, effectively, a brand new window within amatter of minutes. At the end of the day most frames,
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